Pinal County says 30 cloud seeding flights in 2025 generated 34,000 acre-feet of rain at a cost of about $6.50 per acre-foot.

The price of copper swung sharply on Thursday, in a wild day of trading for the industrial metal.

Copper thieves are swiping the metal from Little League fields, forcing tough decisions for leagues trying to maintain their seasons. (Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic) LONG BEACH, Calif. ...

Over the last year, Southern Copper (SCCO) rose by 117%, driven by record earnings and investor enthusiasm surrounding the Tia Maria project. The surge can be attributed to stable copper prices and a ...

China’s state-backed metals industry group is calling for more copper in the country’s strategic stockpiles, a move that would add to upward pressure on prices and highlight a growing push by ...

Copper prices crashed from their record high perch last week as Chinese bulls retreated from a turbulent commodity market. The cross-commodity selloff also pulled down copper prices, which are ...

Southern Copper (SCCO) expects 2026 revenues of $16B up 17% and produced record 2025 sales of $13.42B. Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) beat Q4 earnings at $0.47 per share. Revenues of $5.63B exceeded ...

Chinese copper fabricators and manufacturers are buying the dip to replenish stocks ahead of this month’s holiday, after a price surge driven by speculative trading in Shanghai kept them away from ...

Despite a sharp selloff on Friday, gold and silver prices have risen quite a bit in the past few months, as have other commodities such as copper, but what is behind that? Gold and silver have been in ...